The Presidents Timeline - White House Historical Association
WEBPage The Presidents and the Theatre. Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeThe Man Who Came to Dinner at the White House: Alexander Woollcott Visits the Roosevelts, Mary Jo Binker The Curse of the Presidential Musical: Mr. President and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Amy HendersonFord's Theatre and the White House, William O'Brien The …
George Washington - White House Historical Association
WEBGeorge Washington. On February 22, 1732, George was born to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. He spent most of his childhood at Ferry Farm on the Rappahannock River. All of the homes and plantations where Washington lived were maintained by enslaved labor. When George was eleven, his father died and he became a slave owner.
John F. Kennedy - White House Historical Association
WEBOn November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected president; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, son of financier Joseph Kennedy …
Homepage - White House Historical Association
WEBWhite House Historical Association. 1610 H Street NW. Washington, DC 20006 US. Back to top. Donor Support [email protected]. 202-760-2365. The White House Historical Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization enhancing understanding of the White House and is supported by official White...
The Life and Presidency of Gerald R. Ford - White House Historical ...
WEBEverett Raymond Kinstler’s portrait of Gerald R. Ford, commissioned by the White House Historical Association, was unveiled May 24, 1978. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 14, 1913, the year his parents, Leslie and Dorothy King, divorced.
Theodore Roosevelt - White House Historical Association
WEBTheodore Roosevelt. With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, age 42, became the youngest president in the nation’s history. He brought new excitement and power to the presidency, as he briskly led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and an aggressive foreign policy.
Thomas Jefferson - White House Historical Association
WEBIn 1786, he proudly authored a bill establishing religious freedom. Jefferson was also elected twice as Governor of Virginia for two one-year terms in 1779 and 1780. Around the same time, Jefferson authored a treatise on the history, politics, geography, law, culture, and economics of Virginia. Published in 1785, Notes on the State of Virginia ...
White House Dimensions - White House Historical Association
WEBWhite House Dimensions. Basic numbers and facts about the White House and its rooms. The White House is 168 feet (51.2 meters) long. The White House is 85 feet 6 inches (26.1 meters) wide without porticoes; 152 feet wide with porticoes. The overall height of the White House (to the top of the roof) is 70 feet on the south and 60 feet 4 inches ...
Abraham Lincoln - White House Historical Association
WEBOn Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping his beloved South. Lincoln died the following morning at Petersen House, and with his death went the possibility of peace with magnanimity. His remains were brought to the White House, …
The Life and Presidency of John F. Kennedy
WEBFeb 17, 2020 · The White House Historical Association’s 2020 Official White House Christmas Ornament honors John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States.The youngest president since Theodore Roosevelt, Kennedy took office in January 1961, at age 43.Before his vibrant presidency was cut short by an assassin’s bullet on …